Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-25
Old war CLANS.

Henry vanAnsli. ons Of tbs early
pisneesn Of King county. who now %
sides On Head siEsr, Oregon. dsopped
into this oiise lnst evening.
Hello. Uncie HenFyls ahonied : re-
porter. "Whas en- earth hes indeed
ron 10 travel e far Away from home e.
ihia ssasen Of fha yaaH1''
~It's sscroi.7 replied UneIs Henry,
abut have % obisotion q telling my
ascretl % q neWnRarleK rspor1aF. Xun
Sc. thirty years aoo, while tkoKe weEa
only few white esttleKs In this eounty,
the Indians became h1azlls about same.
thina and commenced killing on whaa
few white men there ueEs hsrss Tia
sz1tleIs organised military company
and joined and FoSaaiusd III tbs nnr-
vice for nina months. During hist tina
TIE Indians made Eala On mF plaza.
Destroying and caEEging 81 and tFiviHk
away considerable q my property.
Quite . numheE Of my nsiehbofs Lost
heavily also intending D. q. Dennv and
many ofheEa When the W4R ended
Governor Stevens wrote g 1iIoss 8f us
who had lost property 30 make out our
bills, swear 70 their correctness and
asnd shsm % him. TheFe was hui
oHn LAwxHn n Krzo oouAT1.
And We Got him 10 fix up our claims 40
coTdlnR 10 law and We ssnt them to
Governor Stevens. 1he1a claime were
eent on 70 Washington aud pigeon
holea until Q few years ago. While
9eDeKal X. h. Milros was az the hend
Of the Iadian department. II this Terri
tory, some CLERK in Washington, While
going through & lot Of old p1rara, came
aeFoas these old elaims and sent them
cut 70 General Milfoy, with letter
containing q number a. aneaiiQng 60
eaFdlnR their business. 0enaEal MilroY
made an examination Into She matter,
and reported that 30 far e. be could
learn The claims we're Just ard RIGHT,
and that q great wrong had bsen done
By tie Rovofnnaenf Ia keepinQ Che cid
settlers out Of what was Due them for
50 many years. This letter had
4 coon RrsEcR
For q time, foR several Of the claims
Were adjusted and paid IN part OF u
full. The government waa not quite
satisfied with The proofs Of sone Of oar
claims, the lawyer having failed to put
~ az N4a4AAA4aLA AN44 ~ 80
was about ten years eco. We then
sent to work and got such Of our Wit
nesses Who we're still living, and made
cut new papers and had them sworn 10
before Edgar Bryan. A few weeks AGO
/ got q letter from the department., say
log that I must make cut neW pagers
and COON and describe svegy axllnls
which YES stolen, every rail that vas
burned, every head Of stock that vas
| driven Of, and place tbs vnlue after
each separate article, and then swear 20
| tba correctness Of the whole thing, last
ns though man could remember the
minute particulars and description Of
every hoFse. COW hoe, sheep end calf
he owned thirty years before, and the
exact value Of each. Nov, after these
preliminary Eem1Eks III tell you
WHAT nRouaHx Nh 70 sEAfTLz.
II take the Poar- InTn1EzonNuns al
my home on Hood river, Oregon. and
the othaF day sew an item IN the pa
per stating that there was q special
accent from Washington ca the Eoond,
sent ous here 20 examine inte those In
dian War claims and make q report
thereon, and as had waited Tor thirty
years for my money and never Ros
II UQttAIe N42A*MN A0aIM ADAA4H WNIN L44L
see that special agent and prove 10 bis
nv. ID. Il. Denny. DR.. u. A. Smith and
stksra he business Of my claim.
ON xEs. EoRnuT.
aIn thas letter 1 received recently
from The departmert they wanted me
10 send pgoof thai was not on an In
dian reservation &c the time my Prop
ertv was destroyed. and u | Was On q
reservation must show BY what au
fthorify I vas there. Just think Of 10.
TIE records Of the var department
show that j was q member Of The terri
toFisl militia. eneegsd il Skating In-
dams, at the time my property vas de-
stFuyed, and Ia the fsee Of thai they
want me 70 produce evidences that vas
not on an Indian reservation
HHo0 long viii you be hersf'
sUh, don'a know. win atsy uniii
see thas AGENT and ilx that business
up with him.
"Hov is sx-ssossaary Z. s. Smith Ret-
ting alou3g"
aHe and his family ere veil and sesaa
n be happy and conieBsed in their
Hood river home. Mr.. Smith Il en-
gagged n general merchandising on
Hood river and IL doing good bust
nass. The oldess daughter, Jessie. Il
married to q doctor and has little baby
0iFl AVA. the second daughter, u mar
Iied 20 q y0ung man engaged IN she
hardware business Il The Daliee. The
ether Girls are geill e. home. 9eorgfe
aud Laura are beth handsome yonnR
women nov. Isaz Ne. Smith inst be
fore left. and be told ne 10 give bis
kindesi regards 70 ell inQuiring friends
on the SQUAD
Silk plush Monday morning; l6-inch
faR 10. Toklaa q eineeFman.